91st Auction
2015/5/16
Lot 380
Swiss, Case No. 2891, 55 mm, 142 g, circa 1890
A rare quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph and concealed erotic automaton - with gold watch chain
Case: 14k rose gold, tiered, polished, gold dome for concealing the erotic automaton, an amorous scene of two polychrome enamel cooks, case maker's punch mark "DK", pusher for chronograph at "12", slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, Louis XV hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, decorated, rhodium-plated, screwed chatons, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
A rare quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch with chronograph and concealed erotic automaton - with gold watch chain
Case: 14k rose gold, tiered, polished, gold dome for concealing the erotic automaton, an amorous scene of two polychrome enamel cooks, case maker's punch mark "DK", pusher for chronograph at "12", slide for repeating mechanism. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, Louis XV hands. Movm.: 3/4 plate movement, decorated, rhodium-plated, screwed chatons, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.
Sold
estimated
7.500—10.000 €
Price realized
7.500 €